J. H. Emerton — IVew England Epeiridm. 299 



Epeira angulata (Clerck. 1757) Thor., Jilk., Menge. 



Plate XXXIII, figures 12, \1a. Plate XXXV, figure 2. 



The adult female is 16'"™ long. The colors are brighter than in 

 silvatica. The dark brown rings on the legs are darker and more 

 distinct. The sternum has a bright yellow line in the middle. The 

 under side of the abdomen is black. Between the epigynum and 

 spinnerets are several irregular yellow spots as in some specimens of 

 the European angulata. The abdomen is nearly as wide as long 

 with two large humps on the first segment. The front of the abdo- 

 men, including the front half of the humps, is dark brown except a 

 bright yellow mark in the middle and a few small light spots. The 

 rest of the back of the abdomen is lighter. The folium is dark 

 brown at the sides and deeply scolloped. The edge is marked by a 

 dark and light line which is not broken into short black lines as in 

 silvatica. PL xxxiii, fig. 12, 12a. 



The males are colored in the same way. The tibia of the second 

 legs is thickened and the metatarsus curved. The coxa of the second 

 pair has a conical spine near the base. 



The epigynum is small but the finger is thicker than in silvatica. 

 The palpal organs are large with the terminal hook short and sharp, 

 shorter than in silvatica. PI. xxxv, fig. 2. 



Two males were found in woods on Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Mass., near 

 a large web across a path. The females could not be found. A 

 female was found in a large web eight feet from the ground between 

 two trees six feet apart in Beverly, Mass. 



Adult $ from Illinois, Knox Co., Cornell Univ. Collection. 



Epeira solitaria, new. 



Plate XXXIII, figure 11. Plate XXXV, figure 3. 



This large spider, of w^hich I have only seen one male, is 14™™ long 

 with the front legs 28™'". The general appearance is like that of the 

 male angulata. The conical spines on the second cox^e are very 

 large and there are smaller ones on the first coxae. The palpal organ 

 has a very long black terminal hook. PI. xxxv, fig. 3. The sternum, 

 the coxse and the under side of the abdomen are black. Thecephalo- 



taken for the young of other species on account of its .=mall size. The colors are 

 however lighter and the rings on the legs narrower and more numerous. The epigy- 

 num is nearly as large as that of silvatica and differently shaped. Pi. xxxv, fig. 9. 

 The finger is liable to be broken off. 



